Service Dogs Help Manage Diabetes

For those with difficult-to-manage diabetes, a service dog may be in their future.

WSYR-TV- Syracuse-  introduced its viewers to  Brian Messe who has struggled with diabetes for most of his life. Never quite sure if they were dangerously low Brian looked into an emerging field of service dogs.

A five month old puppy named Ziggy traveled from Virginia to Syracuse to move in with Messe.

Meet Brian and Ziggy at:

http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3896860

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